Danish Stirling DK, a provider of energy systems, has commissioned the first biomass-powered four-engine Stirling facility at the spa resort Tabbs and Wellness in Tabarz, Germany.
The Stirling facility is supplied with local fresh wood chips and will generate increased amount of electricity and heat over 1,000 MWh and 4,000 MWh respectively per year. In addition to electricity generation, the Stirling plant will supply heat to the wellness center to operate the facility and generates additional electricity to be consumed onsite. The Siemens Building Technologies Division office in Leipzig will take part in the implementation of this Stirling project along with Stirling DK who will be the equipment manufacturer.
Dr. Lars Jagd, Stirling DK’s Chief Executive Officer stated that the company is proud to deliver this state-of-the-art combined electricity and heat plant (CHP) for the truly trend-setting technology. Jagd added that the facility being a landmark achievement will represent an essential technology breakthrough within onsite renewable energy production.
The company’s innovation along with the proficiency of Siemens Building Technologies, which is involved in developing integrated energy efficiency projects, ensures the use of less-value fuels by the plants, improvement in efficiency, and very low emission of dusts from the facility. The size of the power facility and the use of local fresh wood chips, which lessens the pre-treatment, will reduce the impact of carbon released from the power facility. Currently, the company will install two additional four-engine facilities in the UK with a local partner for producing base-load cooling, heating and power that are supplied for two retail centers.